home run
noun
1
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run
2
: an impressive success
the president's speech was a home run
Examples of home run in a Sentence
He hit three home runs.
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Oh was the headline name – his 868 home runs are the most ever hit in professional baseball, over 100 more than MLB record-holder Barry Bonds.
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Louis Lappe, who vaulted into the national spotlight with his walk-off home run for El Segundo during the 2023 Little League World Series, has made his high school choice.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
Thursday night in the Spring Breakout prospect showcase, Anthony hit a tape-measure home run off the roof of a nearby building at the Tampa Bay Rays’ complex, something people who are around the Rays frequently say hardly ever happens.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Every early-season Soto home run can’t produce the kind of emotion usually reserved for a clutch postseason dinger.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Louis Lappe, who vaulted into the national spotlight with his walk-off home run for El Segundo during the 2023 Little League World Series, has made his high school choice.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
Thursday night in the Spring Breakout prospect showcase, Anthony hit a tape-measure home run off the roof of a nearby building at the Tampa Bay Rays’ complex, something people who are around the Rays frequently say hardly ever happens.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Every early-season Soto home run can’t produce the kind of emotion usually reserved for a clutch postseason dinger.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for home run
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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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